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Scout the Stat Line: Projected Top 1,000 Prospects, End of May Update
This prospect rankings article updates my offseason prospect projections piece, making use of my research on aging and the minor leagues featured at ‘Scout the Stat Line,’ a website Ross Jensen and I co-publish.

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 CATCHER PROSPECTS, #11-20
Hello and welcome to the PROSPECTS ONLY portion of our ranking SZN, continuing with the second installment of catching prospects! While not the safest position to invest your prospect capital in, it is a position in fantasy baseball, nobody gravitates to catcher. Meaning the guys on this list, are the

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 40 DYNASTY LEAGUE CATCHERS, #21-40
WELCOME BACK!!! These long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally) and even more so this year, with that thing-that-shall-not-be-named halting a boondoggle of an offseason. But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is here to the rescue. Our brave group of

Scouting the Stat Line: Projected Peak Dynasty Performance for the Top 1,000 Prospects
This article continues an annual series providing peak projections for prospects. The projections are derived from peak major league equivalencies that use my (Jordan’s) aging curves and league translations to convert every player’s statistics to the same peak MLB (American League) baseline, making it easier to compare players at different

Episode 3: Alex Kiriloff and Royce Lewis: Joined by Keaton DeRoacher
This episode we talk about Royce Lewis and Alex Kiriloff, who we highlighed on the first installment of Dynasty Divorces. We also chatted about Julio Pablo Martinez, Michael Baez and Keibert Ruiz. In mentioning these guys we brought other players into the conversation, like Alex Verdugo, Jorge Alfaro, Andrew Benintendi,
THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 CATCHER PROSPECTS, #11-20
Hello friends and welcome back to the second half of our 2021 catcher prospect rankings. This time around, the list is headlined by a slugger who’s already made his MLB debut. Half the list is made up of players working their way through the mid-minors, only a season or so

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 40 DYNASTY LEAGUE CATCHERS, #1-20
WELCOME BACK!!! Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), these long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty

TDG’S TRIPLE PLAY: TEXAS RANGERS!
The Triple Play is back for a third season! This regular feature is broken down by staff writers Bob Osgood and Paul Monte and a rotating panel of third writers. If you’re new to the Triple Play, this series breaks down an arm, a bat, and a prospect within each

The Bastard Son of xwOBA: xwOBA-lite for Minor Leaguers
How to best make sense of the recent proliferation of information on minor league hitters, specifically power metrics? This is a question I’ve been struggling with in the last few weeks/months (does anyone keep track of time anymore?) regarding minor league fly ball distance, exit velocity, and exit velocity on

Jordan’s Research Ramblings: Expected Power Leaderboards for Minor Leaguers
Last week, I generated an expected home runs per fly ball measure (xHR/FB) for minor leaguers based on their average fly ball distance and average exit velocity. The logic is this: a minor leaguer can be expected to hit a certain number of home runs per fly ball given their